Hamel the Obeah Man
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Publisher | : Macmillian Caribbean Publishing |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105131646023 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Hamel the Obeah Man written by and published by Macmillian Caribbean Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who are the melancholy-looking horseman and boy making their way to an abandoned settlement as night and a tropical storm set in? The boy and the horse are swept away, and the stranger, a European, finds shelter in a cavewhere he finds disturbing signs of recent Obeah ceremonies. Then he encounters the Obeah man himself, the Hamel of the books title. So begins a novel very much in the Gothic tradition, its themes those of perverted faith, lust for power and self-aggrandizement, sexual desire for an innocent and virtuous woman, but set against the backdrop of slavery, black rebellion, and the rights of the white land-owning classes of Jamaica.